Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies ERBB2 as a Key Driver in Brain Metastases of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma


This seminar will take place in person only

Kadir Akdemir, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Neurosurgery at MD Anderson. Dr Akdemir has been part of the several international genomic efforts such as the International Cancer Genome Consortia’s pan-cancer whole-genome analyses initiative and NIH’s 4Dnucleome comprehensive chromatin profiling initiative. He holds multiple foundation grants. He is collaborating with the world-renowned brain cancer researchers by being a part of the MD Anderson’s SPORE in Brain Cancer Program, GBM Moonshot program and the Break Through Cancer’s GBM program.
His lab has developed a large set of techniques to study mechanisms and patterns of chromatin folding and somatic rearrangements that occur in cancer genomes during neoplastic transformation.